Some full disclosure might be in order here. News stories have identified Dash as a registered Republican. I don’t know if she is or isn’t.

But I AM a registered Republican. Why I am is a long story. It could take up at least 10 columns. But the chief reason is this: I couldn’t be a Democrat in Baltimore and still maintain a sense of shame, because Democrats in this town have none.

That being said, I haven’t voted for a Democrat OR a Republican for president since 1972, and even then I voted for Democrat George McGovern, whose politics put him closer to the Green Party than the Democratic Party.

So I could easily argue that I’ve never voted for a Democrat or a Republican for president, and probably won’t this election. I have no dog in this fight.

And yes, for more full disclosure, I’ll admit that I’m hot for Stacey Dash. Have been for years. Anybody that has a problem with that can meet me in the nearest alley so we can “discuss” it.

But I’m not hot for Sandra Fluke, the feminist activist that conservative and Republican windbag Rush Limbaugh dissed as a “slut” earlier this year.

I defended Fluke then and condemned Limbaugh for being the bloviating blowhard he is. (Republicans and conservatives would really do themselves a service by retiring this guy’s mouth.)

And Fluke – who most certainly is NOT going to vote for Romney – has rushed to Dash’s defense. Here’s what she tweeted:

“So disappointed to see people attacking @REALStaceyDash for voicing her opinion. Disagree politically, but #racist attacks are unacceptable.”

Well put, Ms. Fluke. Some of Dash’s detractors have gone to the first, the last and indeed the only refuge of those that have absolutely no argument: the ad hominem attack.

An ad hominem attack is one against the individual, not against the ideas he or she expresses. If Dash’s detractors have any good arguments for her to vote for Obama rather than Romney, they need to express them.